Overview

• A five‑judge panel began the final phase of proceedings today, with a decision due by September 12 after presentations from the rapporteur, prosecutors and defense teams.
• Bolsonaro will not attend the hearings, according to his lawyers, and he has been under house arrest since early August and is barred from office until 2030.
• The former president faces up to 43 years in prison on charges including attempted coup and violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.
• Seven co‑defendants, including former ministers and senior military officers, are being tried alongside Bolsonaro in the first case of its kind since Brazil’s dictatorship era.
• Authorities tightened security in Brasilia with continuous surveillance and drones, while tensions with the United States have escalated with a 50% punitive surtax ordered by President Donald Trump and U.S. sanctions targeting Justice Alexandre de Moraes.